St. Jean, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,048. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.274°N, 73.280°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Jean had a population of 1,048: 514 male and 534 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,048 |
| 1881 | 816 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Jean shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,048 total population, 534 females, 514 males, 299 married persons, 170 families, 150 married females, 149 married males, 29 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 720 single persons under 18, 361 single females under 18, 359 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 149 inhabited houses, 149 occupied houses, 18 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 12,800 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC117004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068004_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141977
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "St. Jean, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc117004-1871/.